A Study on Cutting Glass Fibers by CO2 Laser

2014 ◽  
Vol 590 ◽  
pp. 192-196
Author(s):  
Wen Hong Wu ◽  
Chun Li Chang ◽  
Chi Hung Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Laser Cutting ◽  
Glass Fibers ◽  
Optical Design ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Data Traffic ◽  
Core Diameter ◽  
Cutting System ◽  
Multi Mode

This The multi-mode fiber has been widely used in high data traffic applications since the transmitting rate of interface between data storages was larger than the capacity of fiber-optic communication with single mode fiber. The quality of end surface of fiber dominates the data transmitting efficiency. A good cutting end surface of single mode fiber can obtain by the traditional mechanical fiber cleaving methods. But, the multi-mode fiber has much larger core diameter than single mode fiber’s and the quality of cutting end surfaces which cut by the traditional mechanical fiber cleaving methods was not good enough. In the recent year, the pulse CO2 laser processing methods were introduced to cleave the fibers. In this research, a glass fiber laser cutting system was developed. The shapes of laser focusing spot and the concepts of laser cutting optical design were discussed in this paper. The experimental results show that the fiber cutting end surfaces with great quality, which were inspection by interferometer, can be obtained by the developed laser cutting system.

scholarly journals Peta-bit-per-second optical communications system using a standard cladding diameter 15-mode fiber

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Georg Rademacher ◽  
Benjamin J. Puttnam ◽  
Ruben S. Luís ◽  
Tobias A. Eriksson ◽  
Nicolas K. Fontaine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wavelength Division Multiplexing ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Capacity Limits ◽  
Wavelength Division ◽  
Core Networks ◽  
Space Division Multiplexing ◽  
Space Division ◽  
Data Rates ◽  
Multi Mode

AbstractData rates in optical fiber networks have increased exponentially over the past decades and core-networks are expected to operate in the peta-bit-per-second regime by 2030. As current single-mode fiber-based transmission systems are reaching their capacity limits, space-division multiplexing has been investigated as a means to increase the per-fiber capacity. Of all space-division multiplexing fibers proposed to date, multi-mode fibers have the highest spatial channel density, as signals traveling in orthogonal fiber modes share the same fiber-core. By combining a high mode-count multi-mode fiber with wideband wavelength-division multiplexing, we report a peta-bit-per-second class transmission demonstration in multi-mode fibers. This was enabled by combining three key technologies: a wideband optical comb-based transmitter to generate highly spectral efficient 64-quadrature-amplitude modulated signals between 1528 nm and 1610 nm wavelength, a broadband mode-multiplexer, based on multi-plane light conversion, and a 15-mode multi-mode fiber with optimized transmission characteristics for wideband operation.

Application of Fiber Point Diffraction in Measurement of Optical Surface

2011 ◽  
Vol 55-57 ◽  
pp. 1200-1205
Author(s):  
Liang Nie ◽  
Jun Han ◽  
Xu Jiang
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Spherical Surface ◽  
Spherical Wave ◽  
Numerical Aperture ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Optical Surface ◽  
Fiber System ◽  
Core Diameter ◽  
Fringe Contrast

The fiber point diffraction technology is applied in interferometer to measure optical surface with high precision. The wavefront diffracted from the single mode fiber with microns core diameter can be considered as ideal spherical wave and used as the referenced wave in interferometry. To estimate the quality of diffracted wavefront, the theoretical model of optical point diffraction is introduced at first. Based on the model, the influence of fiber core diameter, deformation and end-face shape on wavefront error is studied with numerical analysis. The analysis result shows that the single mode fiber used in experiment is available for instrument design and its influence over systematic error should be negligible within certain numerical aperture. Then a point diffraction interferometer with a single fiber is designed. Compared with the double fiber system, it has merit of noise immunity, high fringe contrast and high performance. Finally, the fiber point diffraction interferometer system is put up to measure spherical surface in experiment. The interference fringes are collected and analyzed with five-step shifting, least squares unwrapping and Zernike fitting method. The results show that the interferometer with optical fiber has achieved a worthy measurement precision and has great development potential.

A temperature sensor based on the splicing of a core offset multi-mode fiber with two single mode fiber

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 434-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xing-hu Fu ◽  
Qin Liu ◽  
Yan-li Xiu ◽  
Hai-yang Xie ◽  
Chuan-qing Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Sensor ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Multi Mode

Laser Cutting Quality of the Ceramic Slabs

2006 ◽  
Vol 505-507 ◽  
pp. 847-852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Yue Wang ◽  
Wen Ji Xu ◽  
Ren Ke Kang ◽  
Yi De Liang
Keyword(s):  
Laser Power ◽  
Laser Cutting ◽  
Cutting Speed ◽  
Cutting Parameters ◽  
Incident Laser Power ◽  
Focal Position ◽  
Geometrical Features ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Cutting System

An experimental analysis is presented which investigates the relationship between cutting parameters and the volume of material removal as well as its cutting quality on a Nd:YAG laser cutting system. The parameters that varied on two testing thickness during cutting include cutting speed, incident laser power and focal position in a continuous through cut. Various trends of the kerf geometrical features in terms of the varying process parameters are analyzed and shown to be reasonable. Discussions are also given on kerf geometry control in situations with cutting parameters. It shows that the effects of varying parameters such as cutting speed, laser power and focal position on cutting kerf width, surface roughness, and striation that have provided a deeper understanding of the laser machining.

Experimental Research of Strain and Temperature Based on EFPI Sensor

2011 ◽  
Vol 130-134 ◽  
pp. 4185-4188
Author(s):  
Xiu Feng Yang ◽  
Chun Yu Zhang ◽  
Zheng Rong Tong
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
High Repetition ◽  
Sensing Applications ◽  
Fabry Perot ◽  
Wet Chemical ◽  
The Many ◽  
Multi Mode

An extrinsic Fabry-Perot (F-P) interferometric (EFPI) sensor by using simple etching and fusing method is proposed and demonstrated. The cavity is formed by wet chemical etching of multi-mode fiber (MMF) end face in hydrofluoric acid solutions, and then it is fused to the end of a single-mode fiber (SMF) to form an extrinsic F-P structure. The strain and temperature of EFPI sensor are studied experimentally. The experimental results show that the interference wavelength becomes 2.648nm longer while the strain increases from 0N to 637N, and the strain sensitivity is about 0.004nm/N, and linearity is 0.999. The interference wavelength becomes 0.032nm shorter while the temperature increases from 20°C to 100°C. This kind of sensor has the many advantages of easy fabrication, good reliability, high-repetition, small size, low cost and mass-production, which offers great prospect for sensing applications.

scholarly journals Fabrication of Multimode-Single Mode Polymer Fiber Tweezers for Single Cell Trapping and Identification with Improved Performance

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 2746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Rodrigues ◽  
Joana Paiva ◽  
Rita Ribeiro ◽  
Olivier Soppera ◽  
João Cunha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Mode ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Scattered Signal ◽  
Fabrication Method ◽  
Cell Trapping ◽  
Low Degree ◽  
Single Cell Trapping ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
Multi Mode

Optical fiber tweezers have been gaining prominence in several applications in Biology and Medicine. Due to their outstanding focusing abilities, they are able to trap and manipulate microparticles, including cells, needing any physical contact and with a low degree of invasiveness to the trapped cell. Recently, we proposed a fiber tweezer configuration based on a polymeric micro-lens on the top of a single mode fiber, obtained by a self-guided photopolymerization process. This configuration is able to both trap and identify the target through the analysis of short-term portions of the back-scattered signal. In this paper, we propose a variant of this fabrication method, capable of producing more robust fiber tips, which produce stronger trapping effects on targets by as much as two to ten fold. These novel lenses maintain the capability of distinguish the different classes of trapped particles based on the back-scattered signal. This novel fabrication method consists in the introduction of a multi mode fiber section on the tip of a single mode (SM) fiber. A detailed description of how relevant fabrication parameters such as the length of the multi mode section and the photopolymerization laser power can be tuned for different purposes (e.g., microparticles trapping only, simultaneous trapping and sensing) is also provided, based on both experimental and theoretical evidences.

scholarly journals Simultaneous Burr and Cut Interruption Detection during Laser Cutting with Neural Networks

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (17) ◽  
pp. 5831
Author(s):  
Benedikt Adelmann ◽  
Ralf Hellmann
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Convolutional Neural Networks ◽  
Laser Cutting ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Burr Formation ◽  
The Neural Network ◽  
Failure Classification

In this contribution, we compare basic neural networks with convolutional neural networks for cut failure classification during fiber laser cutting. The experiments are performed by cutting thin electrical sheets with a 500 W single-mode fiber laser while taking coaxial camera images for the classification. The quality is grouped in the categories good cut, cuts with burr formation and cut interruptions. Indeed, our results reveal that both cut failures can be detected with one system. Independent of the neural network design and size, a minimum classification accuracy of 92.8% is achieved, which could be increased with more complex networks to 95.8%. Thus, convolutional neural networks reveal a slight performance advantage over basic neural networks, which yet is accompanied by a higher calculation time, which nevertheless is still below 2 ms. In a separated examination, cut interruptions can be detected with much higher accuracy as compared to burr formation. Overall, the results reveal the possibility to detect burr formations and cut interruptions during laser cutting simultaneously with high accuracy, as being desirable for industrial applications.

A Coupling Method from Hollow-Core Fiber with Large Core Diameter to Single Mode Fiber

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Chen ◽  
Xiongwei Hu ◽  
Lvyun Yang ◽  
J inggang Peng ◽  
Haiqing Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Mode ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Coupling Method ◽  
Hollow Core ◽  
Large Core ◽  
Core Diameter ◽  
Core Fiber

A Cascaded Multi- and Single-Mode Fiber Transporting for Laser Beam

2011 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 222-227
Author(s):  
Zhi Gang Xiao ◽  
Yao Jiang ◽  
Xiao Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Laser Beam ◽  
Beam Quality ◽  
Coupling Efficiency ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Butt Joint ◽  
Joint Coupling ◽  
Mode Field ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
Multi Mode

A model to calculate the butt-joint coupling efficiency between a multi-mode fiber to a single-mode fiber is presented based on a mode field coupling theory. The dependence of the coupling efficiency between the multi- and single-mode fibers on the core radius of the multi-mode fiber is investigated. A experiment is conducted with 532nm laser to measure the butt joint coupling efficiency of a multi-mode fiber to a single-mode fiber. Good agreement is obtained between the experimental results and the theoretical predictions. A cascaded multi- and single-mode fiber relay system is proposed to transport a laser beam with high power and good beam quality.

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